For the first time, the State Department has explicitly accused the Palestinian Authority of promoting anti-Semitism, a signal Jewish groups hope will lead to a change in U.S. policy.According to a … more

While some pro-Israel groups are decrying the Lutheran church’s “scapegoating of Israel” and its apparent movement towards embracing divestment, other Jewish leaders detect hopeful … more

American Jewish historian Hasia Diner is facing widespread criticism over her public renunciation of Israel and Zionism.  I say: Thanks, Hasia, for your honesty. Diner is the Paul S. and … more

Last week I received a profound teaching from the esteemed rabbi of the iconic Bialystoker Synagogue, Rabbi Zvi Romm, themed to the recent bigoted rant by a so-called Jewish historian, Dr. Hasia … more

The omission of Palestinian statehood from this year’s Republican Party platform is neither a radical change nor a departure from immutable U.S. policy, as some critics are claiming. In fact, … more

The passing of a television writer is not the sort of event that usually raises questions about the future of American society. But the recent death of Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of the 1970s series … more

Another Presidents Day, another whitewash of a president’s “joke” about Jews.  The latest offender is Susan Butler’s “Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a … more

Sen. Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls, but Hillary Clinton has long been the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential race. If elected, how would U.S.-Israel … more

President Obama insisted last week that the U.S. would continue to admit Syrian refugees and that to rufuse to do so would be “a betrayal of our values.” Not exactly. Allowing refugees … more

The world-famous Louvre art museum stands accused of discriminating against Israeli students, after being exposed by some clever amateur investigative journalism that echoes a 1940s incident … more